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1/28/2006 Matt Snyder: [Nine Worlds] Voice-over-Internet play (Skype)
Early this month I announced I would run a Nine Worlds game on Skype, a free and easy voice-over-Internet program. I had several interested people, and chose the first responders.…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, pedyo, timopod, LordSmerf, coffeestain, Yokiboy, IMAGinES.

1/27/2006 Nathan P.: [Dreamation] Building a 10-Minute Demo [Long]
[b]So this was a learning experience[/b] Hanging out with Brennan and Alexander on Saturday. Alexander talks me into trying to run a 15-minute demo of Timestream (keeping in mind that…
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Participants: Nathan P., Iskander, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Noon.

1/27/2006 Kat Miller: [Breaking the Ice] A Dangerous game (Dreamation)
I had the great fortune of playing Breaking the Ice with Emily Care Boss at Dreamation this weekend and it was a great experience.  Emily broke her table up…
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Participants: Kat Miller, Emily Care, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., jasonm.

1/27/2006 Danny2050: Disperate Age groups play 1st Universalis game
This is the outcome of actual play of  Universalis. I didn't keep a full transcript of who did what so there are only some highlights in that regard. Players: Aged…
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Participants: Danny2050, Valamir.

1/27/2006 ffilz: [Cold Iron] Applying lessons learned
My Cold Iron campaign has been steaming along pretty well. I've really been enjoying not having to prep for hours before the game, though I have sometimes not done prep…
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Participants: ffilz, Ron Edwards.

1/26/2006 Emily Care: [Everway Larp] at Dreamation
Hey there, Kat Miller and her friend Michelle ran an Everway Larp at Dreamation this past weekend.  It was a 4 hour session that kept us all guessing and going…
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Participants: Emily Care, Supplanter, WhiteRat, Kat Miller, Andrew Morris, mneme, Lisa Padol, Graham Walmsley.

1/26/2006 nikola: [Shock:] 0.2.3 at Dreamation: Trash in the hopper
Dreamation does this horrible thing to you. It has a midnight to 4 AM slot that makes you think, "Oh, people play games at this time." That was the slot…
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Participants: nikola, Andy Kitkowski, Paka, Shawn De Arment.

1/25/2006 ryanmrich: Rich Forest Game MASTER & SW Florida
I remember back in the day playing street fighter, dark conspiracy, vampire and more games on the back porch. Working on one of his or our or Ben(Terry)s game ideas…
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Participants: ryanmrich, Ron Edwards, Trevis Martin, Rich Forest.

1/25/2006 Glendower: [PTA] Jazz or DIE!
This Tuesday was our "in between" gaming night.  One member was absent, so we decided to put other campaigns on hold this week and play cards.  After about 4 hands…
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Participants: Glendower, Paka, Matt Wilson.

1/25/2006 Paka: [Sorcerer, Dreamation] Refining Mu
I think, after about four or five runs of my Dictionary of Mu scenario with the pre-made kickers all around, I've got the hang of running this game.  Both games…
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Participants: Paka, Iskander, mtiru, Thor Olavsrud, James_Nostack, Lisa Padol.

1/25/2006 hix: [Lucky Jones] 2 playtests at Kapcon
I ran 2 games of Lucky Jones at Kapcon this weekend & it went down well. By pulling in an extra player at the last minute, I was able to…
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Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, MikeSands.

1/25/2006 urbanpagan: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] The Power of Klaus Compels You!
We recently played the Roach at NC GameDay 9 in Raleigh, NC.  We had seven players at the table.  (Yup, seven.)  Myself, Eric, Jason and Remi (all played the Roach…
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Participants: urbanpagan, jasonm, Aman the Rejected, Technocrat13.

1/24/2006 Keith Senkowski: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Blood Opera (Dreamation)
[b]Turtles and Cockroaches[/b] So I ran the Blood Opera Scenario at Dreamation this past Saturday  (with Lisa, Jared, Russel, Rob, Alexander, and Mayuran) and it was a  failure in my…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, mtiru, RobNJ, Iskander, Jonathan Hastings, Jared A. Sorensen, gains, mneme.

1/24/2006 Iskander: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Blood Opera (pre-Dreamation)
[quote="Luke Crane"][center][b][size=12pt]It's [i]Conspiracy of Shadows[/i], not [i]Conspiracy of Rainbows[/i][/size][/b][/center][/quote] [b]Players[/b] [b]Keith[/b] - [i]GM[/i]. Handed out sheets, explained rules, when not looking them up in the book, framed the first scene.…
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Participants: Iskander, Jonathan Hastings, lin swimmer, Keith Senkowski.

1/24/2006 inthisstyle: [Dreamation: Mortal Coil] Old Gods Returns
Mortal Coil runs again, this time at Dreamation. I had an overflowing session, all six slots were full and Nathan Paoletta joined at the last minute, making this a seven-player…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Keith Senkowski, Ben Lehman, mtiru, Iskander.

1/24/2006 Andrew Morris: Pacing and trouble players
So, in the games I ran, played in, and observed at Dreamation, I saw some things that I either addressed or am not sure how to adress. In the InSpectres…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, bcook1971, Krista E, gains.

1/23/2006 Andrew Morris: Topic: [DitV] Windy Valley Branch (at Dreamation)
I was a bit worried about running sessions on Thursday night, since I figured attendance would be super-light, but I ended up having five players (which, of course, is one…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, forlorn1, drnuncheon, Krista E, TonyLB.

1/23/2006 Nathan P.: [Dreamation: Carry] Ah, So This Is Why We Playtest...
Gah, long! This post is the description, the next will be the reflection. Intro Technically, I had a playtest game of Carry scheduled for Friday night at midnight, but it…
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Participants: Nathan P., inthisstyle, RobNJ, Joshua BishopRoby, Doug Ruff, thelostgm, ubergeek2012, Asperity.

1/23/2006 Marhault: Ongoing online Amber game
[b]The Basics[/b] The game is Amber Diceless.  Starting set of players and their characters: A.  -  playing Sarevok, son of Gerard.  C.  -  playing Edwin, Knight Protector of Arden E. …
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Participants: Marhault.

1/23/2006 HenryT: [DitV] A first try
I ran Dogs in the Vineyard for the first time last night, with a group of players, also all new to the game (one had heard about it before, the…
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Participants: HenryT, Alex Fradera.

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1/28/2006 redivider: [Heads of State: rest & relaxation] first play test
Summary: the table was strewn with a week’s worth of the L.A. Times, a pop-psyche pyramid graced the white board, the players were engaged & entertained (I think) but left…
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Participants: redivider, Joshua BishopRoby, Christopher Kubasik.

1/29/2006 James_Nostack: [& Sword] The Doom of Hanno Mad-Dog
After nine freaking months everything lined up properly to give Sorcerer & Sword a go.  It was a good time, slowed slightly due to the limitations of IRC as a…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Bob the Fighter.

1/29/2006 Kami-no-Mark: [Falling Leaves] The Life of Akodo Akira
On Friday night, Tom came over and we decided to give Falling Leaves a go.  TheTris is a friend and ever since he’d explained the game to me, I kept…
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Participants: Kami-no-Mark, TheTris.

1/30/2006 CSBone: [Space Ranger] Two Systems, Examples in Play (LOOONG!!!)
I’m trying to wrap my brain around a ton of ideas and techniques for reducing GM prep time that I got from the thread HERE and HERE. Seems to me…
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Participants: CSBone, Precious Villain.

1/30/2006 Christopher Kubasik: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Our Dogs Set Forth
I start a new job in a few hours, so this will be quick. I believe others will nail down a larger chunk of the game. There were five of…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, dunlaing, Supplanter, HenryT, Joshua BishopRoby, Brand_Robins, lumpley, redivider, JonasB, Noon, IMAGinES, alejandro.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation WGP] Two-Fisted President Balks!
A strange thing happened in one of the With Great Power… sessions I ran at Dreamation ’06. The game was scheduled to start at 2pm on Friday, but due to…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Iskander, Kat Miller, Sydney Freedberg, Marhault, TheTris, Supplanter, Thor Olavsrud, abzu, Doug Ruff, Julian.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation: PTA] Life on Mars
I originally posted this in my LiveJournal and Judd suggested I might post it here for discussion. PTA "Life on Mars" I haven't signed up for anything, but Judd's running…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, RobNJ, Paka, Lisa Padol, John Harper.

1/30/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: [Obsidian: the Age of Judgement] Mask of Shadows
So, I ran Obsidian and I'm using a variant on the Killer adventure that is available for download on the Apophis Consortium site. I renamed the investigation company "Terminal Investigations"…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, daemonchild.

1/31/2006 DrVital: The Mountain Witch - Lost in the Woods
I've been looking to run a "next gen rpg" for a while, and settled on "The Mountain Witch".  The book is great, but it was the posts in these very…
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Participants: DrVital, Halzebier, timfire, Eero Tuovinen.

1/31/2006 TonyLB: [Dreamation: Capes] Eyes on the prize
So I ran a tournament of Capes.  Formulae for victory, and how to earn points, and all that jazz.  Winner got a shiny new folder of sticky click-and-lock modules.  I…
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Participants: TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Bret Gillan, Matthew Glover, Zamiel.

2/1/2006 Gregor Hutton: [Breaking The Ice] Isla and Goldie
And here is my 2nd AP of the night. While I was over in Cork for Warpcon, myself and Dave Neil found ourselves at a loose end for a few…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Emily Care.

2/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [Polaris] Frenzied screwing in the icy wastes
We've been playing more Polaris since Effete, very cold knights and the demons who love them. First point is, the game moves both quickly and slowly. Quickly, in that…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Solamasa, Bret Gillan, jrs, Ben Lehman, Artanis, faerieloch.

2/1/2006 Glendower: [PTA] - Speed Demons
For some reason, playing a hand of Texas Hold'em again prefaces our crack at Primetime Adventures. Our first attempt is listed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18497.0 for those keeping score. I started by…
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Participants: Glendower.

2/1/2006 matthijs: [LONG] Trance-induced shared dreams
This is very long. I wanted to chronicle everything as accurately as I could, since this is the first time I've tried anything like this, and I wanted to make…
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Participants: matthijs, Wolfen, Lxndr, Jared A. Sorensen, Dantai.

2/3/2006 ffilz: [Cold Iron] Recent Play
My recent Cold Iron play has me really thinking about the system, and really thinking about Troll Slayer (working name for my own game). Out last session was interesting in…
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Participants: ffilz.

2/4/2006 Noon: [Snippet of comp play] It's the game worlds fault!
A very quick computer game play account, involving imagined tactical space. Of course this isn't roleplay as we know it, Jim! But it does involve using your imagination to try…
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Participants: Noon, Tommi Brander, Ron Edwards, Supplanter.

2/4/2006 Anna B: [PTA] long scences, fan mail, and learning to set stakes
So we ran the second episode of <url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18266.0> And a Place to Fly Her</url> last night. We where all kind of tried so the game wasn't as high energy as…
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Participants: Anna B, Supplanter, REkz, Matt Wilson.

2/5/2006 ffilz: [DiTV] First Session - chargen and initiation
A local group has gotten together to play Dogs (yay Find Play!). Joe is GMing, Paul, Jeremy,myself, and one other fellow whose name I've already forgotten are playing. We chatted…
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Participants: ffilz, Joe Zeutenhorst.

2/6/2006 Gaerik: [FATE] Fate of the North...
A few weeks ago I posted about a game of Fantasy Capes I played using the Forgotten Realms as the setting.  One of my players really doesn't like Capes-style games…
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Participants: Gaerik.

2/6/2006 Zamiel: [Capes] Bugs, Or The Nag And I
Really, faster to just post the URL to where I've posted it the first time on my blog: http://zamiel.livejournal.com/997150.html Like most first play sessions, it went straight for the almost-silly/surrealist…
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Participants: Zamiel.

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